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. 2015 Sep 15;124(4):491–497. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1509745

Table 5.

Association between natural log–transformed creatinine-corrected urinary concentrations (nmol/g creatinine) of ΣDAP, ΣDMAP, and ΣDEAP and lung function parameters by age group.

Concentration FVC (mL) FEV1 (mL) FEV1/FVC (%) FEF25–75% (mL/sec)
β (95% CI) p-Value β (95% CI) p-Value β (95% CI) p-Value β (95% CI) p-Value
12–19 years (n = 980)
ΣDAP 13.93 (–24.37, 52.24) 0.44 –2.36 (–35.74, 31.02) 0.88 –0.33 (–0.86, 0.20) 0.20 –27.05 (–114.95, 60.85) 0.51
ΣDMAP 12.34 (–18.19, 42.87) 0.39 1.12 (–23.00, 25.24) 0.92 –0.22 (–0.68, 0.24) 0.31 –17.88 (–87.58, 51.82) 0.58
ΣDEAP 21.58 (–46.07, 89.22) 0.50 2.75 (–49.32, 54.83) 0.91 –0.34 (–0.86, 0.18) 0.18 –6.26 (–93.57, 81.05) 0.88
20–79 years (n = 3,466)
ΣDAP –32.63 (–57.21, –8.05) 0.014 –32.65 (–59.02, –6.28) 0.02 –0.18 (–0.61, 0.24) 0.36 –53.11 (–113.90, 7.68) 0.081
ΣDMAP –24.29 (–45.39, –3.18) 0.028 –24.18 (–45.52, –2.85) 0.03 –0.15 (–0.51, 0.21) 0.39 –38.73 (–90.26, 12.80) 0.13
ΣDEAP –20.38 (–57.16, 16.39) 0.25 –26.34 (–61.08, 8.39) 0.12 –0.20 (–0.55, 0.14) 0.22 –62.17 (–113.57, –10.76) 0.022
Associations were characterized by the multiple linear regression analyses with controlling for age, sex, ethnicity, height, weight, and smoking status. Survey design weights and 500 bootstrap weights were included in calculating β coefficients and 95% CIs.